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(No Model.) 7 2 Shets-Sheet 2. W. W. BOX 8: P. J. BEADLE.

HORVSESHOE.

I Patented Mar. 22,1887.

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illnirnn Srrrrss Aren't \VILLIAM WllJLlAMS BOX, OF ORAYFORD,AND FRANCISJOHN BEADLE, OF ERITH, COUNTY OF KENT, ENGLAND; SAID BOX ASSIGNOR TOSAID DLFJ.

HORSESHOE.

EZPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,706, datedEider-ch 22, 1887.

A pplication filed August 6, 188-4. Serial No. lIEJJ'Jh. (No model.)Patented in England May 5, 1884, K0. 7,234; in France July 2, 189- No.163,104; in Belgium Jl'nly l, ISM. No. 65,659; in Germany July 1 3,188-1, NoJilffli), and in Canada- September T0 aZZ whom, it mayconcern..-

Be it known that we, \VILLEAM WiLLLmis Box and Farmers JOHN BEADLTJ,subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing, respectively,atOrayford and Eritlnboth in the county of Kent, England, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in and connected with Horseshoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has been patented in Great Britain by Letters Patentdated May 5, 1884, No. 7,23%; in France by patent dated July 2, 188i,No. 163,104; in Belgium by patent dated July 4, 1884, No. 65,688); inGermany dated July 16, 188i, No. 31,579, and in Canada, dated September26, 1884, No. 20,697.

lhe main objects of-this invention are to produce a light and strongshoe which shall afford a better foothold and prevent slipping, andwhich shall also wear a long time. For this purpose we make the shoe ofsteel or wronglitiron, and the body of the shoe thin or shallow, withcallcs projecting on the under side, and with ribs along the inner orouter sidc,or both, the call: being formed in the forging orstaniping,orhydraulic pressing,or casting; or the steel calks may, if the shoe ismade of wrought-iron, be partly formed by welding on. These calks areprovided with taperholes to receivetaper-pegs,and we make transverseholes towards each peghole to receive a punch, or for a punch to beinserted for reinoving the pegs when required.

Fignrcl of the accompanying drawings is aview in plan of the under sideof a horseshoe with the projecting calks, before the holes areintroduced for the removable calks. Fig. 2 is a View in plan of theunderside of a shoe provided with calks and pegs for roughing accordingto our invention. Fig. 3 is a section through the line at y of Fig. 2,and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same shoe. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the reanier-tool, and Fig. 6 shows the center punch-like drift.

Similar letters of reference refer l'o like parts in all the figures.

a a are the steel calks, and b is the thin or shallow wrought-iron bod,*ot'thcshoc,to which body the steel calks a a are welded.

f is the rib: (Shown only on one side of the shoe.)

9 g are the slots or recesses in which the holes for the nails areformed.

0 c are the taper-holes, which are bored in the callrs a. when the shoesare made for roughing.

11 d are the transverse holes to receive the drift for removing the pegswhen required.

c e are the pegs, one of which is shown detached at Fig. 7. These pegsare made of a shape to correspond with the shape of the taperholes 0.

When the shoes are to be ronghed,weinsert the taper hardened steel pegseinto the taperholes 0, and said pegs project below the faces of theprojecting calks upon the shoe, as best seen at Fig. 3. In order toremove and replace the pegs 0 when worn down to the face, we provide thetransverse or slanting hole (1 across or toward each peg-hole c, and byinserting the center punch-like drift, (shown at Fig. 6,) having,however, by preference, a somewhat rounded point, as shown, we areenabled to loosen the peg e, which can be reiuovcthif desired,before thehorse is taken into the stable, or replaced whenever desired by a freshone.

The callrs a may be of any suit-able section or contonrsuch asround,square,or oval-and the holes 0, with the taper-pegs 6, also thepart of peg protruding, may also be of any desired form (more or less)to correspond therewith. These pegs e and the cross or slanting holes (Ifor removing them may also be used with other forms of horseshoes,whether formed with p rejecting calks or not. For the purpose of preserving the proper taper of the peg-holes or for removing anyaccumulation, as required, alter removal of a worn peg,or beforeinsertion ofa new peg; we employ the crutch-handled or other reamershown at Fig. 5, of, say, square or other suitable form and of theproper taper. One prong may be a drill, another a square point, and thethird areainer. If by any means a peg should be broken ed, the stumpremaining in the hole is easily removed by means of the aforesaid driftshown at Fig. 7.

\Ve do not claim a horseshoe with a rim or flange forming the call: orpart of the calk. Neither do we claim removable steel pegs or callzs.

WVe claim as our invention- 1. I11 a horseshoe, thedownwardly-projecting calks a (I, having tapering holes passing upthrough them and transverse holes D intersecting the vertical holes, incombination with removable tapering hard roughing-pegs that fit into thetapering holes in the calks substantially as set forth.

